Spring Shorts 2: Eight short plays at the Turtle�s Shell Theater


3Graces present Spring Shorts 2, a collection of funny and thought-provoking plays from the playwrights Andrew Biss, Rich Espey, C.S. Hanson, Barbara Lindsay, Craig Pospisil, Robin Rice Lichtig, Lia Romeo, and Steve Wisniewski, at the Turtle�s Shell Theater from 3 - 13 Apr 2008.

3Graces produced the first Spring Shorts in May 2006. After four playwrights from that production were chosen by publishers Smith & Kraus for inclusion in its Best of� series and a fifth was a Critics' Choice Winner in the 32nd Annual Samuel French Short Play Festival, over 300 playwrights from across the country submitted their work for inclusion in Spring Shorts 2.

Says producer and Co-Artistic Director Annie McGovern, "Ultimately, what drew us to these eight shorts is that each of them ask, 'What do we value and what price are we willing to pay?' We know 3Graces' audiences will laugh and sit on the edges of their seats in suspense, but we also hope they will be reexamining their convictions long after the evening is over."

The eight plays are:

  • Good Morning, Lady
    Playwright: Steve Wisniewski
    Synopsis: Cultures clash at a downtown sidewalk coffee cart.
  • What Price?
    Playwright: Craig Pospisil
    Synopsis: A working mother is interrogated by a threatening, nameless official.
  • Blood Sisters
    Playwright: Robin Rice Lichtig
    Synopsis: Three nuns are endangering the national defense � run for your lives!
  • Bang Day
    Playwright: Rich Espey
    Synopsis: It's Creation Day, but will seventeen year-old Maria choose the Big Bang instead?
  • Big Girl
    Playwright: Andrew Biss
    Synopsis: An overweight woman assesses her recently-purchased self-help book.
  • Yog Sothoth
    Playwright: Lia Romeo
    Synopsis: Set in the perfect neighborhood� except for one little problem.
  • Falutin'
    Playwright: C.S. Hanson
    Synopsis: A professional flautist and trombonist find that passion is instrumental
  • Sally Sees the Light
    Playwright: Barbara Lindsay
    Synopsis: Sally realizes the right lipstick actually can change your life.

Spring Shorts 2 is directed by: Margot Avery, Tracy Bersley, Kathleen Bishop, Elizabeth Bunnell, Chris Dolman, Jim Elliott and Joanna Strange. Featuring 3Graces company members and guest artists: Dorothy Abrahams, Dacyl Acevedo, Suzanne Barbetta, Kathleen Bishop, Elizabeth Bunnell, George Diehl, Uys DuBoisson, Andrew Giaolo, Jenny Greer, Daniel Halden, Kelli Lynn Harrison, Suzanne Johnson, Shevy Katan, Kate Kearney-Patch, Rock Kohli, Brian McFadden, Annie McGovern, Chelsea Silverman and Lucy Walters.

The creative team comprises Mari Forsell (lighting) and John D. Ivy (sound).

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

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